FOIA-MEDICAL RECORDS
Summary
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Modifies the definition of "private information" by providing that medical records include electronic medical records and the information contained within or extracted from an electronic medical records system operated or maintained by a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act covered entity. Exempts from disclosure all protected health information that may be contained within or extracted from any record held by a covered entity, including information that alone or compiled or under circumstances in which the patient information combined with other information could allow for patient identification, in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Aug 2023
Introduced Mar 31, 2023
Signed Aug 11, 2023
Floor votes · House May 11, 2023
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 117
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic77
94% Yea
R
Republican40
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
9
Committee
12
Amendments
8
Aug 11, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 19, 2023
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
lower
May 17, 2023
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
lower
May 11, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 15, 2023
lower
May 11, 2023
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
lower
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
lower
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000
lower
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
lower
May 1, 2023
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 1, 2023
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Executive
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Marcus Evans
DDemocratic
P
Sara Feigenholtz
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Willie Preston
DDemocratic
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